Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The scissorbill, cutwater, or black skimmer; the bird Rhynchops nigra: so called from the bill, which resembles a pair of shears. See cut under
Rhynchops .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The black skimmer. See
skimmer .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
seabird , the black skimmer.
Etymologies
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shear + bill?
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Examples
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His cheeks thus pulled into shadow while the light flickered across nose and brow, he looked disquietingly like a shearbill about to stoop on prey.
The Queen of Air and Darkness Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1973
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There was danger for fair, in that shearbill head.
The Queen of Air and Darkness Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1973
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